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Strategic Project Organizing takes a unique approach to project management that places emphasis on the strategic and organizational aspects of projects and their leadership. Structured around the Three Domains model, it covers all the fundamental project management concepts, whilst guiding the reader through the organizational challenges of enabling positive change. Through the lens of strategic leadership, this text equips students to know how to respond proactively to threats, as well as seize opportunities, in order to advantageously change the socio-economic environment in an organization's favour. The text also helps students to understand the tools and techniques adopted during the process of organizational transformation. All chapters offer review and discussion-based questions to encourage critical thinking; as well as case vignettes and a longer, end-of-chapter case study to help students apply theory to practice. Real life projects featured in the case studies include the Eden Project, the Thames Tideway Tunnel and the Berlin Brandenburg Airport. The ebook offers a mobile experience and convenient access: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks The book's online resources include: For students: Web links to relevant videos Web links to resources on group work Answers/hints to the self-test and application questions in the book For lecturers: Test bank Major teaching case on CATA 4 Teaching notes for CATA 4 major teaching case PowerPoint slides Additional PowerPoint slides for 3-day teaching block